Digital Earth … for innovative learning
European Association of Geographers
Karl Donert, President EUROGEO, Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
Workshop Aims• Introduce Digital Earth• Explore DE latest developments • Take DE ideas back to your classroom• Introduce future DE perspectives
• Workshop http://tinyurl.com/de-ga2015 • Feedback http://tinyurl.com/de-ga2015-2
EUROGEO• European Association of Geographers • International NGO – established 1979 by the European
Commission to network geographers• A professional association for geographers, geo- scientists
and geography teachers
EUROGEO• EUROGEO at the Council of Europe (since 1983) • Participatory status
– Lobbying in the European Parliament– Respond to statements and policy proposals (Rio + 20)– Attendance at major meetings and events (WFD)
EUROGEO: digital earth projects
• Networking: Digital-earth.eu• Tools: I-Use Statistics• Training: iGuess & iGuess2• Concepts: Spatial Citizenship• Careers: GeoSkills Plus• Awareness: SeaChange
Digital Earth provides crucial links between nature and society
Nature: Physical equations Describe processes
Society: Decisions on how to Use the Earth´s resources
UN General Assembly Adopts First Geospatial Resolution
• Global Geodetic Reference Frame for Sustainable Development
• Value of ground-based observations and remote satellite sensing when tracking changes in populations, ice caps, oceans and the atmosphere over time.
• For sustainable development policymaking, climate change monitoring and natural disaster management
Digital Earth Workshop• Visualisations• Interactive Maps• Apps & Tools• Learning & Teaching• Digital Earth in the UK• Other News• What next?• Publications
Interactive Map: Drones
Travel the World Through the Lenses of Drones http://www.travelbydrone.com/
Interactive maps• Cluster Observatory: European data
http://clusterobservatory.eu • Met Office Storm Tracker
http://t.co/4ZX3EOYNFt • Unlock Landsat with ArcGIS
http://t.co/IRdAJyrMrT • Street View Now Has Sound
http://t.co/nU7LtXXNRh
Future: Big Data era new learning opportunities
user behaviour, browsing habits, social networking …
…keyword use…
… location, destinations…
…personalisation…
…sensor data and metrics…
…opportunities to move beyond traditional learning and into analytics !
Workshop Aims• Introduce Digital Earth• Explore DE latest developments • Take DE ideas back to your classroom• Consider what’s next in Digital Earth
• Workshop http://tinyurl.com/de-ga2015 • Feedback http://tinyurl.com/de-ga2015-2
Learning, unlearning, re-learning
“The illiterate of the 21st century,” wrote Alvin Toffler, “will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.”Visit Joseph Kerski’s blog, http://t.co/Y7GScykOxT
http://www.eurogeography.eu@Digitaleartheu
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